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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spinachcat" data-source="post: 5683599" data-attributes="member: 37588">I judge leveling for a particular campaign by my expectation for how long are we actually going to be playing.  Most of my campaigns have been a short arc because I know that meeting once or twice a month for 6-8 hours means that over a year, I realistically have 20 game sessions.  Often, I know that the group will only last for 10 sessions and I plan accordingly. Also, I take into consideration the group. Do they like to level fast? Do these guys feel they need to "earn" every XP? Do they prefer playing at a certain set of levels? In my OD&D events, I usually grant 1 level at the end of each game session. I thought it was fast until I found out Dave Arneson had done the same thing. It really works fine in high-mortality campaigns. I personally can't stand tracking XP. I never enjoyed it, but I get that lots of players do.  Some players really balk at slow leveling and others balk at fast leveling, not feeling they got to play at level X long enough.  Thus, years ago I learned that your rate of leveling must come from conversations with the players, not the rulebook.</blockquote>